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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  on the wall, with a picture of a spiral galaxy, and a Frisbee on the ... , because we're geeks, and a cup of Something Caffeinated on our desks ... to it. So, here's a snapshot of what I'm doing RIGHT NOW, at 11:52am on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  Mile and Grosse Pointe Blank, and missed sneaks of School of Rock and ... very small number of schools, and that some colleges spend most of the fall (and sometimes a good chunk of the spring) visiting half a dozen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  ). Then there's that dizzying moment on the first day of classes where you ... largest part of your life. Like an aimless spectre you open doors and see ... landmines good and bad. You walk the halls that housed you on the hottest

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  and a walking encyclopedia of information on health and nutrition. We've done a comprehensive study of Beijing's performance in the Olympics and ... . To the Class of 2012 -- four years is an incredibly short time, and

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for ... the final "submit" button of your online application on or before January 1. If you are applying on paper, have the Post Office postmark and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  shades of brilliant, MIT handles grades. On a 0% – 100% scale? Maybe “A ... externally. (Here is a list of all the letters/symbols that may appear on an ... the design process with introductions, a lot of questioning, and very

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things You Shouldn’t Do And something I did

  

  day. I'm currently running on 3 hours of sleep and will probably go to ... upon, Winnie has agreed to take over for now and help all of bloggers ... of the technical aspects of blogging are maintained and taken care of

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  missed out on getting the best cooking book of all time at Barnes and Noble ... Yo, I've been getting a lot of questions lately in the comments and I ... questions and not on thermodynamic principles running subconsciously through

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  interesting in that 90% of our grade is based on problem sets, 5% on participation, and the remaining 5% on some in-class assignment that is supposedly ... my class notes consists of me quoting him and accompanying these quotes

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  was still unfinished, and so I finshed typing it on the bus ... this and I'm about to hit publish. And that's a little bit of insight ... the course of a week following my progress on writing this post. I want

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  , like a lot of Cambridge and almost all of Back Bay, was built on ... appetizer of brie sprinkled in candied walnuts, wrapped in puff pastry, and ... than George Washington. After Lexington and Concord, the pair of battles

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  fifteen years later is the capital of Germany and its most popular tourist ... percent of it. So, if I were to do a full photo entry on all of Berlin, it ... outside. After spending most of the night on the floor of a 6-person night

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  also did a lot of stuff that's more fun than on-the-job hair dying and ... marching band every fall, and then I did regular chorus and band on top of ... listed third and fourth on my application. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: Don't worry

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  photograph and retrospectively analyze every meal you've eaten over a period of 34 years? ...and the best part of this adventure was that it was ... tend to have study breaks and go on trips mostly with your floor. Because

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  group. hell, join a dance group too! add a urop and misti on top of that ... relationship with mit like on one of those public facebook post thingies it ... out of my league. and in some strange protective mechanism, i forced

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  's Today's Big Thing: And, of course, the Pi Song: And actually, if you ... an apple pie for the office today and I was going to take a picture of ... on Elizabeth's "Pi-nal Countdown" blog post: Courtesy of my

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  298 Tickets. All for us

  

  following week consists of an orgo exam, and the week after is dead week, and ... , especially considering the amount of walking, running, and sweating that was ... part of the last Harry Potter movie came out this past week. And thanks

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  minutes ago and writing the first 2 lines of this entry, I remembered another one. But I've run out of actual lines on the sheet, and had to ... I am taking 5 minutes out of my life just to let you all know why I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  ? Surely I provide plenty of material on this blog), event planning, and ... sisters in such a beautiful setting, surrounded by antiques and eating meals prepared by a gourmet chef. The retreat was a mix of bonding and business

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  actually not so fearsome anymore. It's kind of small, broken, and covered in ... , like the one in Prague. This is actually a field of huge stones, and you ... baby out of a year or two ago. We also saw Checkpoint Charlie and the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006